..International funding agencies, academics, and other bodies need to address sustaining such initiatives as priorities in reducing scarcity and inequity in mental health research in developing countries...

Ethical challenges in mental health research among internally displaced people: ethical theory and research implementation

Chesmal SiriwardhanaHealth Services and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London SE5 8AF, UKBMC Med Ethics 14:13. 2013

..The concept of post-research ethical conduct audit is suggested to be considered as a potential step to minimize the exploitation of vulnerable populations such as IDPs in mental health research...

Informed consent in Sri Lanka: a survey among ethics committee members

..Aim of this study was to identify opinions and views of the members serving in ethical review and ethics committees in Sri Lanka on informed consent, essential components in the information leaflet and the consent form...

Prolonged internal displacement and common mental disorders in Sri Lanka: the COMRAID study

Chesmal SiriwardhanaHealth Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, United KingdomPLoS ONE 8:e64742. 2013

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Impact of exposure to conflict, tsunami and mental disorders on school absenteeism: findings from a national sample of Sri Lankan children aged 12-17 years

Chesmal SiriwardhanaHealth Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, UKBMC Public Health 13:560. 2013

..This study investigated associations between conflict and/or tsunami exposure in Sri Lanka and their associations with absenteeism in a national sample of school children...